invisibly

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Recent Examples of invisibly Data may appear to travel invisibly between screens, but much of it depends on glass fibers manufactured in specialized facilities, assembled into pressure-resistant cables, tested on land, and laid across the ocean floor. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Most neutrinos pass invisibly through IceCube, but by chance a few of them will smash into a proton or neutron in the ice, releasing a shower of high-energy electrons, photons and other particles the detectors can see. — Tyce Deyoung, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 Videos posted on social media showing men who appear to film women without their knowledge have raised questions about consent — and whether existing privacy laws can keep pace with technology that allows people to record almost invisibly. — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026 The kettle and coffee machine are tidily housed in a drawer, plugged in invisibly. — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026 There’s a mysterious sickness going around, apparently caused by a toxic fog that invisibly burns the skin of whoever comes into contact with it. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026 There was a Bluetooth speaker on the ground connected invisibly to somebody’s phone, and, around halfway through the hang, the speaker started playing song after song by Drake. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026 But DellaPosta’s work also shows that political preferences may influence decisions about having children not because there’s something Republican about having kids, but because political affiliation invisibly guides how people live their life. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 So on whom, exactly, will ICE use this device designed to deliver pain invisibly? — Arlene Marcus, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invisibly
Adverb
  • Just as imperceptibly, society may also get used to the fact that not everyone has a live teacher.
    — Dmytro Korchevskyi, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • An old window sash can sag almost imperceptibly and leak warm air out of the top.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Apple is quite proud of this development, showing me in great detail the many minutely thin layers of the PROLED XDR screen in a behind-closed-doors demonstration.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Your own search will factor into this list, reorienting its order, however minutely.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • When a piece of plastic breaks down into microscopically small components, its total surface area goes up exponentially.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis.
    — Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Adverb
  • By spinning up nostalgia for a kind of luxurious rap stardom that barely exists anymore, Baby Osamaa comes up with a sketch of what her own big-budget major label debut would look like.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Thankfully, there will always be Basque cheesecake, glazed on the top and barely set in the center.
    — John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • If anything, this makes those insidious Fridays insignificantly safer than the state average for the period.
    — Mike McRae September 08, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Lastly, but not at all insignificantly (as the project was his first breakthrough in the city), there’s the Condé Nast Cafeteria in Times Square.
    — Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • The most recent lockout in 2022 minimally disrupted the MLB schedule, pushing Opening Day back a week.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Obsidian Blue explores the darkest end of the palette, with a sulphur top that is particularly expressive in deep, minimally washed looks.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Anyone who has worked with fresh pasta knows the line between al dente and flabby noodles is infinitesimally fine.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The company used this speed advantage (and, later, similar ones) to profit from infinitesimally brief pricing differences between exchanges, all while fulfilling clients’ orders to buy and sell on those exchanges.
    — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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“Invisibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invisibly. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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